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Right now it is kind of an unkown if the new engines are worth it or not.
This was posted in another thread and I believe it's the "cool" one.
Save the money and go with the 2023.
The market for pickups doesn't just include the Silverado. There are other players in the market, so it's just supply and demand. Gouging involves a limited market, not just a limited model. You can go buy a new pickup for under MSRP with 0% financing TODAY......if you're willing to drive a Titan instead of a Silverado. GM isn't gouging. Profiteering, maybe, but definitely not gouging.
You can get one of these.....Remote Oil Filter Adapter and then one of these.....Remote Oil Filter Mount with some AN lines and put the filter wherever you like
This is super encouraging. When you look at dual jet drives in the Coast Guard vessels and see that they are 100% joystick controlled, and the absurd maneuverability that generates, I'm super excited to see that tech come to the consumer segment. Not because I think I'll ever afford one, but it's just cool stuff!
@HangOutdoors makes a good point that the new engines are a bit of an unknown at this point. Having said that I believe I just read that the new 1.9 with it’s claimed 20 Horsepower 11.11% increase gave a 19’ boat a 6 mph increase in top speed. Having said that, I’ll ask the basic question, you‘ll be happy with the 23’s top speed and won’t be looking to get more ummmph out of those engines?
I saw the numbers he reported. I compared them to previous results on the 1.8 and I noticed that it wasn't an improvement but actually the same or possibly slightly worse. Perhaps I am looking at the wrong data.
Thanks for doing the homework on that! However, keep in mind that the boat tests are usually done with two maybe three persons on board and usually a light fuel load. @Ziess21 reported six adult men and a full load of fuel, that’s a lot of people weight.
Which boat specially was this test data associated with?
Still the MPH at 5000 RPM's doesn't work out. The only change would be the 4 blade impeller. More HP would not create more thrust at RPM's in the same size pump at that RPM, unless the pump was moving faster or there was substantial weight difference or some other factor such as hull etc., I don't believe...... Of course there are those on here that are far smarter than I am about the dynamics and physics of jet pump...... It would be awesome if in fact that was the case, the math just doesn't work out.
222 FSH. First one I came to.
Okay, not their best test in my opinion… I’ll review it and come back to this, however, if I remember what Capt Shelly said in the video part correctly was the the mpg was 1.9 but that could have been a result of the hot humid conditions which was different from the graph. @Ziess21 reported figures were 2.5-2.6 mpg in the 222 FSH.